Guthrie Theater

PILLSBURY HOUSE THEATRE BRINGS
DAVID HARROWER'S DARINGLY PROVOCATIVE
BLACKBIRD
TO THE DOWLING STUDIO AT THE GUTHRIE

Preview performance November 6; Opening November 7;
Playing through November 30

(Minneapolis/St. Paul) The Guthrie is pleased to present Pillsbury House Theatre's production of Blackbird by David Harrower. The 2007 Laurence Olivier Award winner for Best Play, Blackbird is a daringly provocative no-holds barred drama that frames two people damaged by an illicit past love. Single tickets are priced from $18 to $30, with opening night seats at $34. Tickets are on sale through the Guthrie Box Office at 612.377.2224, toll-free 877.44.STAGE and online at http://www.guthrietheater.org/.

Fifteen years ago Una and Ray were involved in a relationship. They haven't seen each other since, but now, at age 27, she's found him again. Stephen DiMenna, a veteran of both the Guthrie (Tiny Island) and Pillsbury House Theatre (Jesus Hopped the A Train, Bug, Bel Canto) will direct the production, which features Tracey Maloney (Pillsbury House Theatre: [sic], The City of Dreams; Guthrie: Peer Gynt, Private Lives, The Glass Menagerie) as Una and Stephen Yoakam (Pillsbury House Theatre: Bug, Guthrie: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Major Barbara, Hamlet) as Ray. This critically acclaimed play marks the first time Pillsbury House Theatre will perform in the Dowling Studio.

The artistic team for Blackbird includes Joseph Stanley (Set Designer), Michael Wangen (Lighting Designer), C. Andrew Mayer (Sound Designer) and Heidi Hunter Batz (Costume Designer).

For more information on Blackbird, visit http://www.pillsburyhousetheatre.org/.  

About the Guthrie
The Guthrie Theater, founded in 1963, is an American center for theater performance, production, education and professional training. The Guthrie is dedicated to producing the great works of dramatic literature, developing the work of contemporary playwrights and cultivating the next generation of theater artists. Led by Director Joe Dowling since 1995, the Guthrie opened their new three-theater home on the banks of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis in June 2006.

The Guthrie is located at 818 South 2nd Street (at Chicago Avenue), in downtown Minneapolis. To purchase tickets or season subscriptions call the Guthrie Box Office between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily at 612.377.2224 or toll-free 877.44.STAGE. For more information, or to purchase tickets online, visit http://www.guthrietheater.org/.

About Pillsbury House Theatre
A professional theatre uniquely housed within an inner-city neighborhood center, Pillsbury House Theatre is a multi-cultural company of artists, whose purpose is to engage a broad community in the art of theatre with programs and productions that provoke examination of the world around us. Through its work, Pillsbury House Theatre illuminates the differences that make each person unique and the similarities that bring people together, within an artistically engaging context that promotes understanding and leads to positive action.

The mission of Pillsbury House Theatre is to create challenging theatre to inspire choice, change and connection.

Programming in the Dowling Studio is sponsored by Digital River, Inc. with additional support from Travelers

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